By Steve McKenzie, (Unite Community member – Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley) Over 150 years ago, Karl Marx explained that those trade unions who do not struggle
Category: Britain
Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member, looks at a documentary on the catastrophic consequences of the “Right-to-Buy” policy. The programme is available on BBC
By Harry Hutchinson, member of Labour Party, Northern Ireland The signing of the Good Friday Agreement twenty-five years ago promised to bring new political and
By John Pickard, Brentwood and Ongar Labour member. Those who supported Keir Starmer’s leadership bid in the first weeks of 2020, were either taken in
By a Unite member Keith Henderson, a rank and file Unite member, is standing for the union’s Executive Council for the Service Industries Sector Constituency
By an NEU member. As delegates gather for the annual conference of the NEU, the result of the union’s consultative ballot was announced. It shows
By David Cartwright, Glasgow Anniesland Labour Party member and Gray Allan, Falkirk Labour Party member Six weeks ago the Scottish National Party (SNP), the Scottish
The leaders of three of the main NHS unions in the pay dispute are badly letting down their members by recommending acceptance of a deal
Surviving the Pay Squeeze: Panorama documentary.
Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) watched the recent BBC1 Panorama broadcast (watch here). BBC reporter Ros Atkins asked why are there so many
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